Is Sō safe? Japan travel risk
Is Sō safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Sō scores 41/100 on our travel risk index (Moderate). The US State Department rates Japan Level 1 (Exercise Normal Precautions, updated 15 May 2025); the UK has no advice against travel; Canada says: exercise normal security precautions. No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
Sō scores 41/100 (Moderate). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and Japan (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Sō: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: natural hazards (93/100) and health and medical access (45/100).
A score of 41 is higher than the scores of 54% of the 241 countries we cover.
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Territorial & Position Context
Found at 31.6533° N, 131.0192° E within Kagoshima, Sō is situated 915.0 km ENE of Tokyo.
Kagoshima
31.6533° N, 131.0192° E
Lowland
UTC
32,849
Critical Services & Regional Transit
Adjacent Localities in Japan
Climate by Month
Hottest: August (31 °C avg high); Wettest: June (437 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 11° | 12° | 16° | 20° | 24° | 27° | 30° | 31° | 29° | 24° | 18° | 14° |
| Low °C | 5° | 5° | 8° | 13° | 17° | 22° | 25° | 25° | 24° | 17° | 11° | 7° |
| Rain mm | 80 | 96 | 164 | 190 | 222 | 437 | 283 | 177 | 190 | 92 | 90 | 90 |
Normals: Kagoshima (44.2 km away).
Natural Hazard Calendar & History
5-Year Hazard Calendar (100 km Radius)
| Hazard | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tropical Cyclones | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Volcanoes | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Earthquakes (M5.5+) | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 |
Most earthquake events within 100 km of Sō happened in August (3 of 11 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
Significant Earthquakes (USGS M5.5+ within 150 km)
11 major seismic events recorded within 150 km over the past 5 years.
- Largest: M7.1 on 8 Aug 2024 (47 km away) — USGS details
- Most recent: M5.6 on 28 Jul 2026 (92 km away) — USGS details
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